Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day today. I had no expectations. Last year taught me not to. All I wanted last year was to sleep in. Didn't get to. Kids screamed all day. Fell backwards into the mud. House flooded. Power out for hours. It was terrible. So this year, I decided no expectations. 

ALL THREE boys slept ALL night!! Talk about a gift. That was great. It has now happened 4 times total that all three have slept the same night all night. Now I just have to learn to sleep again. :) But that started my day out great.

I did get to take that shower long enough to shave my legs! :) Now I'm ready for the pool.

The boys gave me colored drawings and this little note. So sweet. Brett wrote out the words and then Dawson traced over them. Pretty impressive if I do say so myself. (Yes, Kenan's name is there, on the left).

They also had recorded on our voice recorder things like "I love you, mommy" "thank you for reading us books at night" etc. Cute.

Dawson also asked for chocolate frosting...so I had to make a cake...a Duncan Hines nonetheless. And we just had to eat it right from the oven when it was hot and wonderful. So glad he asked for it so I could make a cake just because. :)

So it was a great day. There was peace, no fighting, no stress. So nice. 

Hope all the mothers out there had a great day as well! Thank you, mom, for being a wonderful mom, for always loving us sacrificially and giving of yourself constantly. I hope I can be half the mom you are and that one day my kids can say of me as I can say now of you that I can never think of a time that you weren't there for me, that I know without a doubt you love the Lord and desire us to know Him and serve Him too (even if that means living overseas), and that I know you will drop whatever to be there for us when we need you- even if that is flying across the world in the middle of the school year just to help. Thank you! I love you!!